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The Prophet Joel is depicted as a grizzle-haired older prophet. He is tearing his shirt apart with both hands. Joel 2:12-13 states, "Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend…

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This is a painting in which Christian Hope is personified as a beautiful woman. The woman's face gazes into the clear sky above her while a parting storm is shown behind her and in the lower left corner. The white robe suggests righteousness, and…

Lament of the Fallen Spirits
The Lament of the Fallen Spirits was the first major painting that Oertel made in the United States. Oertel made this early painting sometime between 1850 and 1852. The inspiration came from John Milton's “Paradise Lost,” specifically lines that…
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